Most common ancestries in the USA

We should just call it Germany v2 :)

well, quite a few of us in the states have something to do with Germany, many don't even know it :-)

You seem to count people who are 1/2, 1/4, or even 1/8 as German but you ignore the fact that most so-called American Germans are only partly Teuton and mostly something else.

It is true that only about 3 percent of Americans are of Polish ancestry (about the same % as Jewish Americans).

There is even a german-american heritage month!


Besides the german-american day that is:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German-American_Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_German_Americans

yes it is :-) Also, there are many German-American clubs around. They have club meetings and provide all kinds of activities.

You mean the Octoberfest surely! :)

Yes, but they are asked to leave their guns at home.

Filmed in Chicago "Ferris Buellers Day off"
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Yes, I remember that...:)

I didn't know that though: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German-American_Steuben_Parade


In Germany there is not much known about the German-Americans....they are all Amis to us! ;)

Not just that, whole bunch of other stuff too. I'm a member of one of these clubs, it's fun.

tp://german.meetup.com/483/calendar/12529079/?a=cv1c_grp&rv=cv1c

one out of many German Clubs in the USA

Interesting! :)

We have those too...
vdac.de/vdac/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=107&Itemid=121

tp://www.triadgermanclub.com/

this 1 is close to where I live.

lately youtube links- are you running out of options?;)


Oh, so I need to provide links to be credible - interesting. Do you suggest I use Ali G in order to be a partner in a discussion with you?


right back at you:)

Not in a million years as the world is my oyster. ...and yea, people who back up their statements with an assortment of proof (links) tend to be taken as being credible. You should begin this rather basic aspect of communication before you lose the ability to do 'critical thinking'.


When you postulate something then YES. Your verbal/written entitlement mentality is insufficient as it is not evidence.


I do throw in a little humor now and then. Glad you enjoyed it.


I give you concrete and steel and you toss me smoke; lol

ha, ha- you do have sense of humour , ha, ha............right back at yah.........you have not provided anything which will change my opinion my dear Zimmy. Besides, you will not read anything, unless it has you fingerprint on it. Why would I even try to try to communicate with you. I like to save my energy for worthy causes but our opinions are opposite of each other and it would be silly of me to try to change your mind, wouldn't it? :)

There isnt any brown on the map, does that mean there are no people in American with English ancestry?


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_American

Well, so do German-Americans and Irish-Americans..and I doubt they forgot where their families came from! Especially if one of the questions in the survey was about the heritage of their ancestors...;)

Maybe the English ones prefer to accept themselves as American rather than the "German American or Irish American" No big deal, its nice to see that the fouding fathers accepted their home and made it their own and dont feel the need to cling on to being English. (no marks about the Native Americans, we all know that was wrong!)

yes it is (kind of chocolate brown around green)

Its negligible and..... unimportant to me or any other English person living on the Island...Who cares? They embraced a new life and now call themselves Americans, they just have "English" names ;0) They created a new country along with other immigrants, they just chose to embrace it to a higher level.

oh I understand your point but for us here it's pretty important to care about our ancestry.

Well...they didn't...compared to the modern English and their "special relationship"! ;)


Doubtful, as Germany was the enemy in two world wars and millions of German-Americans had to supress their "German" part and concentrate on the "American" part, contrary to the English-Americans...

Interest in Americans ancestry is seeing a huge resurgence. The "melting pot" idea has been replaced with the "salad bowl" reality. Unfortunately, politics has seen it beneficial to divide people into distinct demographics.

The English have been here so long that they have basically been diluted and not much remains except surnames. The Germans are here in great numbers, just a read through a phone book in any city will make that fairly obvious. Possibly events 70 years ago made them take the tact that being German is just something best not over-advertised for a generation or two.

As Americans we give each other a lot of crap with regard to European origin stereotypes, Its all in fun though. We even still refer to Yankees and Rebels quite often. I wish Europeans could have as much fun with this sort of thing as we do. Maybe you do.

Yes and this is the main difference between us and the Europeans. We seem to take things easy which is very often misunderstood by many Europeans who believe that our easy going way has something to do with our lack of knowledge or stupidity. Remember guys, we're different and it doesn't mean worse or better, it means simply different.

Never thought of it that way. Prolly cuz Im stoopid.

well, I see it all the time here that if you don't react the way most of them expect it, you're automatically being ridiculed and bashed.

what is American? Native American?